Fruit flies

As I drive pass Mt. Albert to pick up my sister, I see a big sign that says “ Beware you are in the fruit fly area”. What will be the effects to the resources of New Zealand?

Fruit flies harm lots and lots of our fruits and veggies. That is called contamination. The economy of NZ will go down. The biosecurity is not safe because that is how fruit flies get into New Zealand.

The horrible fruit flies get to pass New Zealand’s biosecurity lots of times because they are very tiny. The money will go down if the fruit flies infest all the fruits and veggies. Fruit flies can give us diseases and we can die from the diseases.

We can get rid of the fruit flies by spraying insecticide or by making fruit fly traps.

ANZAC

ANZAC

ANZAC is an acronym that means Australian New Zealand Army Corp. ANZAC is an army of New Zealand and Australia and they fight together as one army. Some NZ and Australian men were young. Many of New Zealand and Australian  troops died in the war.

We commemorate ANZAC because the ANZAC reminds us about the war in Gallipoli, Turkey. We remember soldiers that died in that war. Australia and New Zealand is an army that fought with pride.

We commemorate ANZAC by wearing the red poppies. We also commemorate ANZAC by baking delicious ANZAC  biscuits. We can also go to Gallipoli and go to the place where the soldiers fought in.  

The dawn celebration starts at 4:00 am- 6:00 am. When it is 5:30 am people are led to the combat memorial museum. When the ceremony is about to be finished people have some time to pray for the soldiers that died in the war.

By: Joshua C.

War

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Nikau trees

Nikau

Most palm trees grow in hot climates. Nikau trees like to grow in cold places in New Zealand especially in the south. It is New Zealand's native palm tree.

 

Early settlers eat this nice fat bulb portion of the Nikau. Captain Cook and his group also tried the fat bulb and they liked the rich taste of it. The Nikau trees can be extinct if people continue to cut down the trees.

Nikau trees are very useful for the Maori’s. They can be made into roofs, baskets and kete. Nikau leaves can also be made into clothes and hats. But now it is illegal to cut down the trees to get the leaves.  

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